Accession Number:

AD0648111

Title:

INFECTION OF HEAD LICE WITH RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKI

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Dutova, G. M.

Report Date:

1966-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

5.0

Abstract:

The cultivation of head lice in the laboratory is possible by their daily 4-stage feeding on human blood. The infection of head lice with Rickettsia prowazeki is possible by the method of Weygl and by the membrane method with accumulation of the causative agent in the intestine. The feces of infected head lice contains a significant amount of Rickettsia prowazeki. The rubbing in of dry feces through the mucous membrane of animals causes experimental typhus in them. In this manner, based on experimental data, head lice, just as well as body lice, may be the source of typhus infection.

Descriptors:

• *LICE
• *RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII
• USSR
• DISEASES
• ETIOLOGY
• RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
• TRANSLATIONS
• EPIDEMIOLOGY
• DISEASE VECTORS

Subject Categories:

• Microbiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE